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    ‘Half a blip too much and the halyard was stuck’

    Nov 11, 2021 5 minutes

    Having moved from Wiltshire to Scotland in October 2012 we found the temperature change challenging. that cold winter. Fastforward to a glorious May and it was time to bring our Nicholson 35, Affinity, from the Hamble to Argyll.

    I had sailed with Mike on Maybird, a 1937 Fred Shepherd ketch, for some years, including the 2011 Fastnet race, so I knew I was on to a good thing when he agreed to help with the trip.

    My wife Gill, Mike, his brother-in-law, Rob and I set off on 2 May, bound for Dartmouth. Initial light winds meant motoring before tacking in a westerly Force 4-5, arriving at Darthaven Marina in the wee hours the following day.

    Being an ex-Royal Navy Sea Vixen pilot, Mike proceeded to jump ship and attend a reunion, at

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